A new If I Were a
Captain trailer offers a first look at gameplay from Firefly Online, the
upcoming Unity-engine MMOG based on Firefly, the cult-favorite science fiction
series. The accompanying description indicates they are accepting signups for
the game, but that demand overwhelmed their host, and they are in the midst of
transitioning everything to Amazon, so none of the included signup links work
for now. Here's the refresher they offer on plans for the game: "Players take on
the role of a ship captain as they hire a crew and lead missions, while trading
with and competing against millions of other players like themselves. Much like
the crew of Serenity, the Firefly-class transport ship featured in the original
show, players must do whatever it takes to survive in the Verse: find a crew,
find a job and keep flying."

smackdaddy wrote on Jul 27, 2014, 20:59:Didn't anyone else notice the for PC, mac and tablets and phones. How on earth is anything made to run on a tablet or phone going to be deep?

A tablet or phone is just a device. Touchscreen interfaces are pretty limited, sure, but they work fine for specific genres. Fallout 1 and 2, for example, would work fine on a tablet since the mouse-based UI and gameplay translates well to touch-based.

how about them having small screens, limited memory and processors? I know they've gotten stronger but its nowhere near a desktop processor.

I feel like you're confusing "depth" with "pretty graphics." A deep game doesn't need to look good. Gameplay has nothing to do with presentation. The original X-COM looks like crap but has tons of depth. I'm pretty sure any modern phone or tablet could run X-COM just fine.

I explained it poorly the point was, please name a game that is made for tablets or smart phones that is "deep". That market simply wants quick simple games. When I hear a game is being developed to work on desktops and smart phones I generally assume its going to smart phone style of quick and easy but not too much to hold my attention.

MindStalker3 wrote on Jul 27, 2014, 18:27:Honestly, that still doesn't mean it will be POS. Sure a POS from a technology standpoint. The "thing" is, they are getting the cast to do the voice overs, and are said to be hiring good writers. Firefly Online will be more of an interactive episode story. IF they can keep new creative stories rolling out it could be an interesting experiment in a new medium of story telling.

Did you not watch the trailer? I'm saying it will be a piece of shit based on the empirical evidence. I mean, wtf is with the isometric bullshit? Most mods are higher quality than this.

smackdaddy wrote on Jul 27, 2014, 20:59:Didn't anyone else notice the for PC, mac and tablets and phones. How on earth is anything made to run on a tablet or phone going to be deep?

A tablet or phone is just a device. Touchscreen interfaces are pretty limited, sure, but they work fine for specific genres. Fallout 1 and 2, for example, would work fine on a tablet since the mouse-based UI and gameplay translates well to touch-based.

how about them having small screens, limited memory and processors? I know they've gotten stronger but its nowhere near a desktop processor.

I feel like you're confusing "depth" with "pretty graphics." A deep game doesn't need to look good. Gameplay has nothing to do with presentation. The original X-COM looks like crap but has tons of depth. I'm pretty sure any modern phone or tablet could run X-COM just fine.

smackdaddy wrote on Jul 27, 2014, 20:59:Didn't anyone else notice the for PC, mac and tablets and phones. How on earth is anything made to run on a tablet or phone going to be deep?

A tablet or phone is just a device. Touchscreen interfaces are pretty limited, sure, but they work fine for specific genres. Fallout 1 and 2, for example, would work fine on a tablet since the mouse-based UI and gameplay translates well to touch-based.

how about them having small screens, limited memory and processors? I know they've gotten stronger but its nowhere near a desktop processor.

You really have false hopes if you think this game, with social aspects, based on a licensed property ten years dead, will need your desktop processor.

smackdaddy wrote on Jul 27, 2014, 20:59:Didn't anyone else notice the for PC, mac and tablets and phones. How on earth is anything made to run on a tablet or phone going to be deep?

A tablet or phone is just a device. Touchscreen interfaces are pretty limited, sure, but they work fine for specific genres. Fallout 1 and 2, for example, would work fine on a tablet since the mouse-based UI and gameplay translates well to touch-based.

how about them having small screens, limited memory and processors? I know they've gotten stronger but its nowhere near a desktop processor.

Maybe this would have been acceptable if they released it back in 2002. But seriously this is gonna suck. You'd think Fox would actually want to make some really good money off of this IP but apparently not. Goes to show you can't fix stupid.

smackdaddy wrote on Jul 27, 2014, 20:59:Didn't anyone else notice the for PC, mac and tablets and phones. How on earth is anything made to run on a tablet or phone going to be deep?

A tablet or phone is just a device. Touchscreen interfaces are pretty limited, sure, but they work fine for specific genres. Fallout 1 and 2, for example, would work fine on a tablet since the mouse-based UI and gameplay translates well to touch-based.

Never quite got the obsession with this show some people have.Sure, it was pretty good, and I enjoyed the movie, but man, some of the fans are worse than Star Wars or Star Trek fans. Or even Lord of the Rings fans, for that matter.Firefly was not the second coming of Sci Fi.

Honestly, that still doesn't mean it will be POS. Sure a POS from a technology standpoint. The "thing" is, they are getting the cast to do the voice overs, and are said to be hiring good writers. Firefly Online will be more of an interactive episode story. IF they can keep new creative stories rolling out it could be an interesting experiment in a new medium of story telling.

Or it could be one giant POS. If I was a betting man I'd put my money on POS, but my hopes are dreams are on the former.

nin wrote on Jul 27, 2014, 18:14:

Ozmodan wrote on Jul 27, 2014, 18:03:Let me guess, browser based and using the Unity Engine - complete POS.

Why would Fox let a bunch of idiots like this mess up a great IP?

I thought it was pretty obvious Fox doesn't think it's a good IP, considering they've shelved it for years now...